| A | B |
|---|
| administrative secretary | a skilled person in nontyping office tasks like filing |
| application software | instructions jfor a computer to do a certian job |
| boilerplate | stored material that is frequently printed out "as it is" |
| byte | a number, character, or symbol |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit; the brains of the computer |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Unit; TV-like screen |
| cursor | a moveable makrer on the screen |
| customer support representative | someone hired to show, train, help new buyers with their questions |
| data processing | using a computer to handle symbols--primary numbers |
| editing | the process of changing material stored in memory |
| format | layout or arrangement on a page |
| floppy disk | a flexible, magentic disk used for storeage |
| function key | a special purpose key that commmands the WP system to take certain editing actions |
| hardware | equipment used in WP |
| information processing | the handling of words and of numbers by a computer |
| information processor | a computer that can perform DP or WP funcitions |
| input | information fed into a computer |
| justified copy | all lines beginning at the same point at the left and ending at the right |
| K (kilo) | a unit of measurement thousands |
| magnetic media | tape, cards, or disks, onto which information is magnetically stored |
| memory | inside storage area in computer for easliy record |
| menu | a list of choices |
| microcomputer | a cheap computer that can do DP and WP |
| microprocessor | a silicon chip that serves as CPU |
| output | result of processing activies |
| principal | person who provides work for staff |
| program | set of instrucitons to tell computer what to do |
| RAM | Random Access Memory; storeage inside the CPU that the user can change |
| records processing | handling of information files stored in a computer |
| storage | ability to save information that has been input |
| turnaround | time needed to produce a job in a word processing center |
| word processing | conversion of ideas into printed words |
| word processing secretary/specialist | office worker who produces typewritten documents on textediting equipment |
